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Pull Behind Mowers
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:26 am
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:26 am
I need to bushhog our food plot - we recently made it 4x bigger than it was.
We hunt on top of a mountain with a pretty steep road going up so I'm not thrilled about taking my 2wd tractor and bushhog up to do it. This has me looking at the pull behind mowers from Swisher / DR / Agri-fab.
Does anyone have any experience with the roughcut / bush hog self powered pull behind mowers? Are any of them tough enoguh to hold up to rough terrain (rocks, uneven ground) ?
We hunt on top of a mountain with a pretty steep road going up so I'm not thrilled about taking my 2wd tractor and bushhog up to do it. This has me looking at the pull behind mowers from Swisher / DR / Agri-fab.
Does anyone have any experience with the roughcut / bush hog self powered pull behind mowers? Are any of them tough enoguh to hold up to rough terrain (rocks, uneven ground) ?
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Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:30 am to Chris4x4gill2
I don't think any bush hog likes to be pulled over rocks...
Uneven ground will be fine with it. we used one one year on our place when we couldn't get a tractor in time. as long as the fields are at a reasonable height it will do fine. Its not a good as a diesel tractor but it will do the job. You may have to go over the area more than once to get the results you are looking for.
Uneven ground will be fine with it. we used one one year on our place when we couldn't get a tractor in time. as long as the fields are at a reasonable height it will do fine. Its not a good as a diesel tractor but it will do the job. You may have to go over the area more than once to get the results you are looking for.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:35 am to TexasTiger
I'm talking typical field rocks, biggest being softball size I would guess. I pick up every one I see, but they always grow more every year.
The old 1/4 is pretty decent, we have been discing / planting it for 10+ years now. Could cut that part with a push mower. The new 3/4 was bull dozed last year weeds grew insanely high - some parts over 6ft tall. I sprayed everything with roundup last weekend, dont know if it will make a dent though.
I dont mine going over the area more than once, and expoected too on the tall stuff.
Anyone have experience with a certain brand? With the prices on these things, would like ot make sure it will hold up for several years.
The old 1/4 is pretty decent, we have been discing / planting it for 10+ years now. Could cut that part with a push mower. The new 3/4 was bull dozed last year weeds grew insanely high - some parts over 6ft tall. I sprayed everything with roundup last weekend, dont know if it will make a dent though.
I dont mine going over the area more than once, and expoected too on the tall stuff.
Anyone have experience with a certain brand? With the prices on these things, would like ot make sure it will hold up for several years.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:45 am to Chris4x4gill2
Any place close to you rent these. I would try that first to see if it will give you the results you are looking for, before dropping big time money on a pull behind.
You are probably talking something with a 60" cut and a 18-20hp gas motor...thats like a riding mower and there aren't to many riding mowers that like to cut brush 6ft tall.
You are probably talking something with a 60" cut and a 18-20hp gas motor...thats like a riding mower and there aren't to many riding mowers that like to cut brush 6ft tall.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:47 am to TexasTiger
Havent thought about a rental - will have to check into that. Would prob be cheaper in long run especially if we only use it once a year.
Ones I have looked at have 44in cut with 14hp motor. Difference in a lawn mower is they have the heavy hinged blades like a bushhog so once they are spinning, they have a ton of momentum to get through the thick stuff.
Ones I have looked at have 44in cut with 14hp motor. Difference in a lawn mower is they have the heavy hinged blades like a bushhog so once they are spinning, they have a ton of momentum to get through the thick stuff.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:51 am to Chris4x4gill2
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Ones I have looked at have 44in cut with 14hp motor
the one we used was about that as well. I think it had a 12hp Briggs on it I just don't remeber the brand...did fine with 1-2ft stuff....above that and it got choked out.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:19 am to TexasTiger
its a lot easier to cut after a dose of round up
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:55 am to Itismemc
applied roundup this past weekend - hoping it took before the rain hit last night
Posted on 9/18/12 at 12:02 pm to Chris4x4gill2
I have seen bush hogs with chains or cables instead of blades for rocky areas. Not sure if one of the pull behinds could be hooked up with the same setup.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 12:05 pm to Nodust
Those are called "Flail Mowers" and would probably be a better choice, but the few I have been able to find are exspensive - $3500 - I can almsot buy another tractor for that.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 2:01 pm to Chris4x4gill2
Get a
Posted on 9/18/12 at 4:49 pm to Chris4x4gill2
Not talking about a flail like this
I'm talking about taking one of these
with a stump jumper, and replacing the blades with a chain or cable. I saw an old man in Tennessee cutting a pasture with 2' diameter rocks on the side of a mountain and that is the setup he had. His had a chain.
I'm talking about taking one of these
with a stump jumper, and replacing the blades with a chain or cable. I saw an old man in Tennessee cutting a pasture with 2' diameter rocks on the side of a mountain and that is the setup he had. His had a chain.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 4:58 pm to Nodust
quote:am i reading this correctly?
bush hogs with chains or cables instead of blades
Posted on 9/18/12 at 5:03 pm to Flair Chops
quote:
am i reading this correctly?
if you are reading take the blades off and replace with chains, Yes
Posted on 9/19/12 at 7:18 am to Nodust
i have never heard of such
Posted on 9/19/12 at 7:41 am to Chris4x4gill2
quote:
Does anyone have any experience with the roughcut / bush hog self powered pull behind mowers? Are any of them tough enoguh to hold up to rough terrain (rocks, uneven ground) ?
My dad has one. We just set it at the highest ground clearance. The blades have a joint so they can swing away if they hit a rock.
Works great, but the rocks eat the tires up.
Posted on 9/19/12 at 10:23 am to Nodust
I hadnt thought of that, just take a normal bushhog, and add chains instead of blades. maybe take an old blade, cut it down so as to use the center mounting hole and then weld chain to it?
Posted on 9/19/12 at 10:24 am to Dooshay
Dooshay - Any idea what brand? one thing i have heard on the tires is multiple recomendations to swap to a solid tire asap
Posted on 9/19/12 at 12:14 pm to Flair Chops
First and only time I ever saw it. I saw the man cutting in the morning and passed by later he was at the gate about to get on the road. I stopped and asked him how he could cut among the rocks and he showed me how he had it set up. Not sure if he was full throttle but it was effective.
Posted on 9/19/12 at 12:59 pm to Nodust
Got a line on an older Swisher I think its a late 80's model. Going to take a look at it tomorrow probably
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